Agenda and minutes

The Committee is asked to note any apologies for absence and substitutions received from Members.

Apologies for absence were submitted from Councillors V Guglielmi, J Henderson and R Callender (with no substitutes).

To confirm and sign as a correct record, the minutes of the last meeting of the Sub- Committee, held on 4 June 2018.

The minutes of the last meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 4 June 2018, were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

Councillors are invited to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Personal Interest, and the nature of it, in relation to any item on the agenda.

There were no declarations of interest.

Subject to providing two working days’ notice, a Member of the Committee may ask the Chairman of the Committee a question on any matter in relation to which the Council has powers or duties which affect the Tendring District and which falls within the terms of reference of the Committee.

There were none.

To inform the Sub-Committee of the number of drivers, vehicles and operators licensed with this Authority as at 10 October 2018.

The Sub-Committee noted the contents of a report (A.1) on the number of Hackney Carriage and Private Hire drivers, vehicles and operators, licensed by the Council as at 10 October 2018, which was submitted for information only.

To pass the following resolution:-

“That under Schedule 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the items of business to be considered below on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act:

Reports of Corporate Director (Operational Services)

B.1 -    Application for the Renewal of a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire

Drivers’ Licence

B.2 -    Application for the Grant of a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence

B.3 -    Application for the Review of a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence

It was moved by Councillor Watson, seconded by Councillor Brown, and:-

RESOLVED - That under Schedule 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the items of business to be considered below on the grounds that they involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act:

Reports of Corporate Director (Operational Services)

B.1 -    Application for the Renewal of a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Drivers’ Licence

B.2 -    Application for the Grant of a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence

B.3 -    Application for the Review of a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence.

To consider an application for the renewal of a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence where offences have been disclosed.

The Sub-Committee considered an application for the renewal of a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence.  The Sub-Committee’s resolution is detailed in the exempt minutes of this meeting.

To consider an application for the grant of a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence where the applicant has disclosed offences.

The Sub-Committee considered an application for the grant of a Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence.  The Sub-Committee’s resolution is detailed in the exempt minutes of this meeting.

To review named individuals’ Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence and to determine what action, if any, is to be taken.

The Sub-Committee reviewed a named individual’s Hackney Carriage/Private Hire Driver’s Licence.  The Sub-Committee’s resolution is detailed in the exempt minutes of this meeting.